Mon, September 28

Bitpanda and RBI Build Crypto Framework for 18M Bank Customers

The collaboration of RBI and Bitpanda is going to expand Austria’s bank-based crypto solution into Central and Eastern Europe. The collaboration is going to provide a uniform approach to the RBI network of banks. It may eventually cover the needs of more than 18 million customers for digital asset solutions.

September 23, 2026 2 mins read

Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5.5 as IPO Plans Take Shape 

Opus 5.5 was unveiled by Anthropic at a reduced cost of operations, increased efficiency of production, and improved code performance. The software is designed for research, coding, and professional knowledge work but at reduced corporate expenditure. Anthropic claims that Opus 5.5 is capable of achieving performance comparable to Claude Fable

September 23, 2026 2 mins read

Russia Says Crypto Investors Will Bear Losses if Foreign Issuers Freeze Their Assets

Russian cryptocurrency investors will have to “bear the losses” if foreign stablecoin issuers freeze their assets for reasons outside the control of Russian digital asset depositories, Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov said as the country moves ahead with its new crypto market framework. The warning mainly concerns foreign-issued stablecoins such

September 23, 2026 2 mins read

BlackRock Keeps U.S. Equities Overweight on AI Earnings Growth

BlackRock is taking an overweight stance on U.S. equities since AI boosts profits for corporations even amid rising borrowing costs. BlackRock stresses the lack of AI, sustainable earnings, and cross-asset plays. AI development needs an increase in the supply of computing capacity, energy, semiconductors, memory, and data center build-out. BlackRock

September 23, 2026 2 mins read

CME Group Adds BCH and UNI Futures as Crypto Derivatives Push Expands

CME Group has announced the launch of Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures on October 19, pending regulatory review. The derivatives marketplace is expanding its cryptocurrency product suite in direct response to client demand for regulated risk management tools across high-liquidity altcoin markets. Both assets will be available in larger and

September 23, 2026 2 mins read

South Korea Sets November Review for Second-Stage Crypto Law

The next phase of cryptocurrency lawmaking in South Korea is moving towards a November review by parliament, per the Financial Services Commission. The schedule comes amid worries over delays in relation to the Digital Asset Framework Act. According to officials from the FSC, there is common direction between the government

September 22, 2026 2 mins read

Absa Launches Digital Asset Custody Service Powered by Ripple

Absa has officially rolled out the institution’s digital asset custody service in South Africa, leveraging the custody solution by Ripple. The official rollout of the project came after the partnership signed between Ripple and Absa back in October 2025, where the bank was made the first custody partner of Ripple

September 22, 2026 3 mins read

Trueo Leaves Base for Ethereum in Major Prediction Market Migration

Trueo, a decentralised prediction market protocol, has announced it is migrating from Base to Ethereum mainnet. The decision, the team says, has nothing to do with Base’s positioning among competing chains, and everything to do with what Ethereum offers that nothing else can match. The unparalleled network effects, global integrations,

September 22, 2026 2 mins read

Binance Faces Fresh U.S. Scrutiny Over Potential Iran Sanctions Breach

Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, violated U.S. sanctions on Iran by knowingly allowing certain transactions to proceed on its platform. The probe is being led by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office, with the DOJ’s criminal division in Washington also involved.  In addition, the specific

September 22, 2026 2 mins read